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Day-Yum. I thought I could weld. That would look good on a resume.

That was back in the early '70's when he worked for Westinghouse. He was one of 10 welders in the world who qualified for that job. Competition was tough. He quit that job after just a couple of years and went out on his own doing artwork and never looked back.

That's California for ya. Quitting that for art in Ohio is committing oneself to eating peanut butter and jelly for a lifetime.

He is very successful at his art. His wife is also an artist, she does textile arts and is world renowned for her work. They live in a quirky off-grid compound in the boonies that he built out of scrap metal. He has a 2500 square foot shop that he has filled with machinery, all run off of solar power (he does have a 10 kW generator just in case). He is an avid hunter with a freezer full of wild game and a world traveler but at the same time as humble as they come. I have met some of the most interesting people in the world at his parties.